Raymondville Chronicle (Raymondville, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 27, 1952 Page: 8 of 14
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RAYMONDVILLE CHRONICLE, Thursday, Mar. 27,' 1952, Pag© 8A
Getting Personal...
Carl C. Conley
Lists Candidacy
Mrs. Freida Test accompanied
by her sister Mrs. M. L. Seliger
returned today to Kansas City,
Mo. following a visit here.
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Mrs. Gorman Fox left last week
for a visit with her brother and
family at. Long Beach, Calif. En
route, Mrs, Fox visited her son,
Cpl. Alan Fox and wife at Alama-
gordo, N. M. where Cpl. Fox is
stationed.
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Dr. and Mrs. Broadway Broad-
wick and two children of Big
Springs, are here this week visit-
ing Dr. and Mrs. Wayne Baden.
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Mrs. R. G. Nolley and baby of
Rangerville are guests of their
sister and aunt, Mrs. Charles Gar-
rison. Mr. Nolley and IVIr. Gar-
rison are in foreign service.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Mills, Jr.
and Miss Sailie DeWitt, ail of
Corpus Christi, and Mr. and Mrs.
Lee iDeWitt of Raymondville
made a trip Sunday to Matamoros.
•
Mr. and Mrs. Neal Cantrell
spent last week end with relatives
in Corpus Christi.
•
Rev. and Mrs. D. J. Snyder and
children returned Saturday from
a business trip to Lockhart.
•
Doc Stovall of Beeville visited
his daughter, Mrs. R. F. Casey,
last week.
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Mrs. E. H. Trolinger left the
first of last v/eek for Frankfort,
Ky., to be with her mother who
is ill. Mrs. Trolinger and her hus-
band, Rev. Trolinger and her hus-
band, Rev. Trolinger recently
moved from Raymondville to Har-
lingen.
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Mr. and Mrs. ,W. J. Mutz of
Pipestone, Minn., and Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Mitchell, of Charlotte,
N. C. returned this week follow-
ing a visit in the B. K. Mutz heme
on Van Eaton Ave. W. J. and
B. K. Mutz are brothers and Mrs.
Mitchell is their sister.
«
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Farrar of
Little Rock, Ark. are spending
this week with Mr. and Mrs. S.
Otis Sullivan and children.
Mrs. O. M. Bevins was brought
home last Friday from a hospital
in Waco, where she was a patient
for several days taking treatments
for injuries; received when she and
her daughter, Mrs. Ona Young
were in a car accident in Waco.
Mrs. Bevins is now a patient in
the Raymondville Memorial hos-
pital.
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Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Pf-au and
Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Brandt of
North Dakota are here visiting of
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Jackson, Mr.
and Mrs. Claude Terry.
m
Mr. and Mrs.' Roger Robinson
returned Wednesday from Jack-
sonville where they visited Mr.
Robinson’s mother and other rela-
tives.
Last Rifes For
Father Dougherty
Requiem mass was recited Mon-
day at 10 a.m. for Rev. Bernard
Dougherty who died Friday. The
mass- was said in St. Francis
Xavier Catholic Church in La
Feria, with Rev. K. McKeon of
St. Anthony’s Church, Raymond-
ville, as celebrant. Msgr. Dan
Lanning will deliver the funeral
sermon.
On Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. Solemn
Requiem mass was recited by the
Most Reverent M. S. Garriga in
the Corpus Christi cathedral.
^Burial was in Corpus Christi.
Father Dougherty, who had
been , pastor of the La Feria
church for 13 years, died follow-
ing a heart attack in San An-
tonio.
COMPLETES ASSIGNMENT
Judson Savage, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Savage, has completed
a two month foreign assignment
in Rio de Janiero and San Paulo,
Brazil for Braniff International
Airways where he was temporary
supervisor of personnel. He is
permanently assigned as assistant
operations manager in Houston.
Mrs. Savage, the former Barbara
Callaway spent two weeks with
her husband in Brazil and their
children, Dicky and Dawn, stayed
with their grandparents.
SHOWING AT THE
TEXAS RAMON
FRI. - SAT. MAR. 28 - 29 SUN. - MON., MAR. 30-31
Announces For County
Attorney Office
Carl C. Conley this week an-
nounced his candidacy for coun-
ty and district attorney. His an-
nouncement follows:
“I announce my candidacy for
the office of county and district
Attorney of Willacy County.
“My primary schooling was ob-
tained in the Raymondville public
schools. 1 am a member of the
state bar and am a graduate of
the University of Texas Law
School.
“My experience includes three1
and one half years with the Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation. Un-
til recently I have been employed
with Judge Arthur A. Klein’s
107th District Court which sits
in Cameron and Willacy counties.
“I served in World War II in
the Infantry and Military Govern-
ment branches and received the
Purple Heart.
“I am interested in the’ growth
and progress of this county of
which have been a resident, for
over twenty five years. I am mar-
ried, with one child and have had
my home here since completion
of my schooling. The creation
and maintenance of a respect
for our laws has been my in-
terest, and my education and
training has been largely directed
along this line.
“I will, to the best of my abili-
ty, serve competently and without
prejudice in this office. If elected,
I will devote my time and ener-
gies to this task, without partiali-
ty to any group, race, or indivi-
dual.”
Oliver Jarl
Is Candidate
Seeks Post1 of
Commissioner
Oliver V. Jarl, well known resi-
dent of the Lyford community,
this week announced his candi-
dacy for county commissioner.
His announcement follows:
“I moved to Willacy County in
1927 and graduated from Lyford
High School in 193.1. After gra-
duation I spent eight years out
of the Valley attending school
and working. In 1945 I returned
to the Valley with my wife* and
children to make my home.
“Most of you have known me
and my family for many years
and know that I am honest and
dependable. If elected I will be
available full time for my duties
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AT THE
TEXAS
SUN. - MON., MAR. 30-31
THUR. - FRI., AURIL 3-4
ITS A® IS
COUNTRY-
TUE. - WED., APRIL 1-2
MATINEE ONLY
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_ WEAVERS'SHEARING .
AT NIGHT
Begining 8 P. M.
THE HIGH
SCHOOL BAND
PRESENTS
THEIR ANNUAL
MUSICAL
REVUE
AT THE
RAMON
WANDA
O'BRIEN-HENDRIX
TUE. - WED. - THUR.
APRIL 1-2-3
as your coxmmissioner, and I will
do my best to see that you receive
full value for your tax dollar.
“Your vote will be sincerely ap-
preciated.”
District Tennis
Tourney Set Here
The district 34-A tennis tourna-
ment will be played in Raymond-
ville April 3 and 4, while the ele-
mentary meet is also scheduled
for the Raymondville courts, April
G.
Schools in the district are Ray-
mondville, Rio Grande City Mis-
sion, Mercedes, Weslaco, Edeouch-
Elsa, and Donna.
CORRAL
DRIVE - IN THEATRE
TODAY and TOMORROW
Maureen O’HARA
Jeff CHANDLER
SATURDAY ONLY!
RONALD
REAGAN
DIANA
LYNN
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5 Color Cartoons 5
SUN. - MON., MAR. 30-31
3 YEARS IN THE MAKING
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KING SOLOMON S MINES
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OH WHAT HIS JET MET-
Second Lt. Ira Kimes, Jr., of
Richmond,’Va., demonstrates the
accuracy of Communist anti-
aircraft guns in Korea and the
ruggedness of his Shooting Star
fighter-bomber by sticking his
head through the hole knocked
in the jet’s engine wall. Lt.
Kimes finished bombing a tun-
nel before returning to his base.
OCEAN LIFE IN GLASS—
John Armstrong of New York’s
Museum of Natural History ex-
amines a delicate glass model of
a globigerina bulloides, a one-
celled ocean animal. The model,
made by Herman Muellers, one
of the world’s most famous glass
blowers, is 175 times the size of
the actual creature.,
Magic Valley Coop
Board Elects Officers
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Magic Valley Electric Co-op,
Inc., board of "directors r»e-el*cted
John Doedyns of San Juan as
president for another yea|' at the j
annual meeting at Mercedes Tues- j
day night. j
Also re-elected was sec-Treas. 1
A. R. Dillon of Mercedes. Otto
Jensen of Mission replaced G. W. j
Walker of Edinburg as vice-presi- ;
dent.
Doedyns, Jensen, and R. M.
King of Primera were re-ejected
to the board of directors by ac-
clamation during the meeting of
the entire group. They will serve
three-year terms. Other mem-
bers of the board are Walker, Carl
Vassberg'of Lyford, Jim C. Green
of Brownsville, and Dillon.
Largest attendance ever record-
ed at an annual’ meeting of the j
co-op went on record Tuesday
night as 720 persons jammed the
Mercedes High School gymna-
sium.
Political
Announcements
The Raymondville Chron-
icle has been authorized to
make the following an-
nouncements of candidates
subject to the Democratic
primary in July:
For Commissioner, Prec, 2:
JOHN N. SPILMAN
S. R. LYNN
For County School
Superintendent:
W. J. BOX
MRS. BERTA PAINE
DWIGHT W. AYRES
For Tax Assessor-Collector
CLYDE PARKER
For District Clerk
W. M. (Bill) ELLIOTT
For Commissioner, Precinct 3
LOUIS PRATOR
OLIVER V. JARL
For County Judge
■ ROBERT RAY
For County Clerk
W. F. BROWNFIELD
For Commissioner Precinct 4:
MARVIN T. ROBERTS
C. A. JACKSON
For County and District Atty.
CARL C. CONLEY
JESSE G. FOSTER
County Attorney
Announces
Seeks Selection
In Jy5y Primary
Jesse G. Foster, county and dis-
trict attorney, and well known
Willacy County resident, has an-
nounced his candidacy for re-
election. His announcement fol-
lows:
“I am again announcing my
candidacy for reelection to the
office of county and district at-
torney subject to the action of
the Democratic Primary.
“I have conducted this office in
a fair and impartial manner and
have refused to be dictated to
by any so-called fixers or poli-
ticians. By so doing I have made
some political enemies. If I am
again elected, I expect to con-
tinue the same policy as in the
past.
“I wish to thank the people of
Willacy County for past favors
and respectfully request that you
again support me with your vote
and influence in the coming
election.”
ATTEND FUNERAL
Out of town relatives who at-
tended the funeral last. Tuesday
of the late R. T. Casey were Mr.
and Mrs. Dave Rickard and Mr.
and Mrs. Coy Rickard of Altus,
Ark.; Mr. and Mrs. Allen B. Gru-
sendorf of Lubbock; Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Tyson of Hutchins, Tex.;
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Casey and
children of Altamont, Tenn.; Mr.
and Mrs. R. R. Moncus of Cor-
pus Christi; Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
Starnes and Mr. and Mrs. Homer
Fasler of Kingsville; Mrs. Nellie
Casey and Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Casey of Harlingen, and Mr. and
Mrs. Floyd Casey, Santa Rosa.
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EXPERT VISITS
HARLINGEN
: 4
W. LEE BATES, an authorized
ACOUSTIC AN and experienced
Hearing Aid Specialist, will con-
duct a FREE CLINIC for the
HARD OF HEARING in
HARLINGEN
FRIDAY, APRIL 4ih
REESE WXL-MOND HOTEL
10 a.m. to 6 pjn.
Mr. Bates has a record of as-
tounding > results particularly in
fitting difficult cases who have
never been able to comfortably
use the usual tj^pe of hearing de-
vice.
See the Super-X-Ear, so tmy
that it can be worn on the wrist,
in the watch pocket or as an or-
namental brooch. This most re-
cent introduction now makes it
possible for you to hear as nature
intended you should. If you are
now wearing a conventional type
hearing aid, you will be astounded
by the absence of roar, rumble
and crackling noises.' Now you
can really relax and enjoy effort-
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The new ECONOMY MODEL
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strument makes it possible’ for
anyone to. have the advantages of
good hearing again. You can stop
being deaf today for only $69.50,
Batteries and other accessories
will be available’ for all makes of
hearing aids. This is just a part
of the “World Wide Service” given
b y ACOUSTICAN INTERNA-
TIONAL—(the world’s first and
oldest manufacturer of electrical
hearing aids). This clinic is held
through the courtesy of Acousti-
c.on of Corpus Christi, 502 Wilson
Building, Corpus Christi, Texas.
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Mr. and Mrs. Earl Milam re-
turned Monday from Ft. Smith,
Ark. where they visited Mrs.
Milam’s father and other rela-
tives.
€PL Appoints Now '
Light Engineer 'c 4
L. H. Kindel, illuminating en-
gineer, has joined the staff of
Central Power and Light company
in San Benito, Roy Randolph,
Valley district manager said Wed-
nesday.
Before joining CPL Kindel was
engaged in lighting work with
Central Illinois Public Service
company for five years, Randolph
said. He studied engineering at
Eastern Illinois State college.
The c o m p a n y’s illuminating
service will be available to archi-
tects, contractors, engineers and
ether customers in regard to light-
ing projects and techniques, ac-
cording to Randolph.
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Raymondville Chronicle (Raymondville, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 27, 1952, newspaper, March 27, 1952; Raymondville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth877152/m1/8/?q=waco+tornado: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Reber Memorial Library.